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The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book

On 21 March 1804 the Civil Code was promulgated. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

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On 21 March 1804 the Civil Code was promulgated. Portalis and the commission drafted. It is one code, not a unique modern constitution. Napoleon's documented role is: He drove a code commission to finish. Portalis and others drafted; patriarchal family law is a neighbouring cost.

Context

Cambacérès shares the legal file. Sharing drafting with the commission is required. The setting of The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book is the public file around 1804-03-21. Driver justice-judicial-independence-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

Improving path from The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book on 1804-03-21. Gender-hierarchy clauses stay on a split row. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Shared responsibility is part of The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book. Naming Napoleon does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1804-03-21 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Napoleon

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.64 · verified

    He drove a code commission to finish. Portalis and others drafted; patriarchal family law is a neighbouring cost.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Napoleonic CodeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Napoleon, metric system neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Napoleonic Code at https://www.britannica.com/topic/Napoleonic-Code (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Britannica — Napoleon, Civil Code at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Britannica — Napoleonic Code (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Napoleonic-Code (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Napoleon, Civil Code (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book under 1804-03-21 for Napoleon. Established: a sourced public record of The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book under 1804-03-21.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Family-power clauses are a neighbouring worsening Fact. Mixed effects of The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book are separate paths.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorNapoleon
  2. contributed toFactThe Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book
  3. weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). The Civil Code of 1804 is promulgated as a dated private-law book. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-code-1804

https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-code-1804

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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